Anti-rail-spreading device.



L. H. REINHARDT.

ANTl-RAlL-SPREADING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.9. I914.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

awvawio'a ofauA H MAI/half LDUIS H. REINHARDT, OF BERGER, MISSOETfiYANTI-RAIL-SPREADING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Application filed December 9, 1914. Serial No. 876,326.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS H. Rnmnann'r, acitizen of the United States, residing at Berger, in the county ofFranklin and State of Missouri, have iir- 'cnted certain new and usefulImprovements in Anti-Rail-Spreading Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to railway safety appliances, and moreparticularly to a rail brace which will effectually prevent spreading ofthe rails.

An object of the invention is to provide a safety appliance of thischaracter which can be applied to any railroad, and which can be appliedeither during the course of constructlon thereof or after the sameiiscompleted.

Another object is to provide an appliance which can be easily andquickly placed in. position to firmly hold the rails.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill he hereinafter-snore fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a transverse section a pair of railwayrails showing the attachment applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan view of one end ofthe bar and head respectively.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, R-R designate a pair of railwayrails which are adapted to be supported upon the usual ties T.

The improved anti-spreading device comprises a rectangularly shapedelongated bar 1 which is adapted to underlie the base flanges of therails, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Integral heads 2and 3 are formed on the ends and upon the upper face of the bar andthese heads are adapted to engage the outer and inner portionsrespectively of the respective rails.

The head 2 comprises an upright portion 4 for engagement with one sideof the web of the rail and this upright portion is held rigid by meansof a brace 5. The head 3 comprises an extension which is formed upon theupper face of the bar 1 and has a lip 6 which overhangs a recess formedin said head for the reception of one side of the base flange of therail. The end of the bar adjacent to the head 3 is provided with anupwardly extending lip 7, and this lip has the inner portion thereofangularly disposed and beveled as shown at 8. head 9. which is ofsubstantially the same construction as the head 2, has its outer endangularly-slniped and beveled as at 10 for engagement with the lip 7.

It will be seen that upon placing tlain engagement with the heads 2 anda d inserting the removable head 0 within tae angularly disposed portionof the lip and in engagement with the rail, the said angular portions ofthe head and bar will. cause the head to be clamped tightly against therail. A bolt 11 may then be inserted through alining openings in the barand head to prevent accidental removai of the head from the bar.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it is thought that the construction and operation of the devicewill be clearly an derstood and while I have herein shown and describedone specific from of my invention I do not wish to be limited thereto,except for such limitations as the claims may inport.

Having thus fully described my inven' tion what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Ananti-rail spreading device comprising a bar, said bar havingintegral heads formed thereon, one of said heads adapted to engage theouter portion of one of the rails, the other head adapted to engage theinner portion of the other rail, said firstmentioned head comprising abase flange engaging ortion and a web engaging ,portion, said weengaging portion adapted to have the upper portion thereof abut theunder face of the ball of a rail, an angular lip formed on one end ofsaid bar, said lip being beveled adjacent its angular face, a removablehead for engagement with the outer portion of said last-mentioned rail,said head having a beveled portion for engagement with the beveledportion ofthe lip, and means to prevent accidental disengagement of theremovable head from thebar.

2. An anti-rail spreading device compris- .ing a bar, said bar havingintegral heads formed thereon, one of said heads adapted to engage theouter portion of one of the rails, the other head adapted to engage theinner portion of the other rail, said first mentioned head comprisingabase flange engaging portion and a web engaging p0r- A. removable tion,said web engaging ortion adapted to ,with the beveled portion of thelip, and have the upper ortion t ereof abut the means to preventaccidental disengagement under face of t e ball of the rail, a race ofthe removable head from the bar. connected between said web engagin por-In testimon whereof I aflix my signature 5 tion and said bar, tan andhlzlr llig org-Led in presence of two witnesses.

on one en of said ar, sal 'p in veled adjacent its angular face, a remvable LOUIS REINHARDT' head for engagement with the outer por- Witnessestion of said last-mentioned rail, said head JNo. D. S'rocx,

10 having a beveled portion for engagement DAN Hun, Jr.

